French-born artist Louise Bourgeois died on Monday at the age of 98. Bourgeois was best known for her anatomically-themed sculptures, which depicted dismembered parts of the human body in nightmarishly gorgeous distortions. The cause of death was heart failure. [NYT] »6/01/10 1:40pm 6/01/10 1:40pm

Maya Lin on her recent architectural work: "MOCA, which details a narrative history of Chinese Americans, had always been focused on the story of New York City's Chinatown. With this new space...they can tell a national story." [Time] »6/24/09 10:40am 6/24/09 10:40am

Maya Lin: "I had a hard time in grad school...my professors were always trying to guide me - I had just gotten the coup of the century with the Memorial, so why wasn't I behaving more like an architect?" [Time] »6/16/09 9:40am 6/16/09 9:40am